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Shades of Black

Etoke Nathalie

ISBN: HB: 9780857428530, Seagull Books, April 2021
144 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

One might say that the womb of death – the Middle Passage, slavery, and colonization – gave birth to Black populations. Taking this observation as her point of departure, Nathalie Etoke examines Black existence today in her riveting new book, Shades...

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Europe

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Resistible Rise of Antisemitism Exemplary Cases from Russia, Ukraine, and Poland

Engelstein Laura

ISBN: PB: 9781684580095, ISBN: HB: 9781684580088, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, April 2020
250 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

Antisemitism emerged toward the end of the nineteenth century as a powerful political movement with broad popular appeal. It promoted a vision of the world in which a closely-knit tribe called "the Jews" conspired to dominate the globe through contro...

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Education

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Ghosts in the Schoolyard Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side

Ewing Eve L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226526164, ISBN: HB: 9780226526027, University of Chicago Press, March 2020
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing, 5 tables

"Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools". That's how Eve L. Ewing opens "Ghosts in the Schoolyard": describing Chicago Public Schools from the outside. The way politicians and pundits and parents of kids who attend other sc...

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Sociologist's Eye Reflections on Social Life

Erikson Kai T.

ISBN: HB: 9780300106671, Yale University Press, October 2017
432 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

The culmination of a distinguished career, this fascinating exploration into the nature of human social life describes the field of sociology as a way of looking at the world rather than as a simple gathering of facts about it. Kai Erikson notes that...

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America

Making the Unequal Metropolis School Desegregation and Its Limits

Erickson Ansley T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226528915, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 40 halftones, 2 line drawings, 4 tables

In a radically unequal United States, schools are often key sites in which injustice grows. Ansley T. Erickson's "Making the Unequal Metropolis" presents a broad, detailed, and damning argument about the inextricable interrelatedness of school polici...

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Sign Language

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My Mother Made Me Deaf Discourse and Identity in a Deaf Community

Eldredge Bryan K.

ISBN: HB: 9781563686870, Gallaudet University Press, April 2017
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 17 figures, 1 table

The term deaf often sparks heated debates about authority and authenticity. The concept of Deaf identity and affiliation with the DEAF-WORLD are constantly negotiated social constructions that rely heavily on the use of American Sign Language. Howeve...

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Law

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Working Law Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights

Edelman Lauren B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226400761, ISBN: HB: 9780226400624, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 figures, 4 tables

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, virtually all companies have antidiscrimination policies in place. Although these policies represent some progress, women and minorities remain underrepresented within the workplace as a whole and even more...

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Myth of the Litigious Society Why We Don't Sue

Engel David M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226305042, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
248 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 5 figures, 1 table

Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don't! For every "Whiplash Charlie" who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald's customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of...

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Christianity

To Care for Creation The Emergence of the Religious Environmental Movement

Ellingson Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9780226367385, ISBN: HB: 9780226367248, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 2 tables

Controversial megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll proclaimed from a conference stage in 2013, "I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV". The comment, which Driscoll later explained away as...

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Seductions of Quantification Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking

Engle Merry Sally

ISBN: PB: 9780226261287, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables

We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Y...

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